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County Court in England and Wales cannot hear common law foreign judgment enforcement; High Court required. Qatari judgment not recognisable for lack of presence (Field Industrial Supplies v Thomas).

Published on: 12 November 2025

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What was the background?

The claimant, Field Industrial Supplies WLL, a Qatari supplier of industrial utility products, hired the defendant, Fredy Thomas, in 2006, as an employee. The defendant, a first cousin of Mr Francis, relocated to Doha that year and, by 2013, handled a substantial part of the company’s financial administration. He left the claimant’s employ in 2016, saying he intended to emigrate to New Zealand; instead he went to India and later the UK, where he ultimately acquired British citizenship. Concerns arising in mid-2019 about a colleague, Mr Nadarajan, prompted internal enquiries by the claimant that concluded both he and the defendant had engaged in cheque fraud. On 28 February 2021, Doha's Public Prosecutor's Office commenced proceedings against both individuals in the Court of First Instance. At a preliminary hearing on 29 April 2021, a court-appointed expert found that the defendant had embezzled QR 243,303 (£52,046.80) by means of three cheques. A further hearing on 31 March 2022 noted that both defendants had been lawfully summonsed yet neither responded nor appeared...

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